Lantau, Hong Kong On Lantau Island at the mouth of the Pearl River, the buffalo [...]
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Travel stories and customs from around the world that might just make you smile. From strange signs to in-depth interviews about the importance of engineering in sparkly circus bras, this collection of travel stories, photographs and videos from Inside the Travel Lab should just brighten up your day…
Tulips in Amsterdam
Yes, this is supposed to be a site about unusual journeys and, yes, tulips in Amsterdam are about as unusual as finding a long queue and a surly stare at airport security. But…
Maptastic-Tacular
Over 2000 years ago, the Babylonians carved their world into the Imago Mundi map of stone. In 1499, Juan de la Cosa risked his life…
Magnetic Termite Mounds – An Unexpected Attraction
Ah, how the science of language confounds us. Three words, two feelings. At least that’s [...]
Photos from a Rainy Day
somewhere between the squelchy feet and droplet-splattered lens I managed to find a few photos to fall in love with. Europe. You may be wet and wild in …
Lost Passports & Luxury in Toronto
It started in a hostel. Or perhaps a budget hotel. A misguided gesture of love – my boyfriend at the time doing the laundry for me. It became an unequal disaster. Two passports in a…
Street Art in St Vincent’s & The Grenadines
I’m not sure where you are this early November morning, but I’m seeping through the slow winter mist and feeling slightly invisible. Just the time, I thought, to rustle up these…
Photo Safari from a Deckchair in the Maldives
Sometimes, you have to work hard to see wildlife. And when I say sometimes, I [...]
Tea Time & The Tequila Worm
If travel teaches you anything, it is this: that one man’s hangover-inducing, paint-stripping, memory-erasing spirit shot is another man’s artisanal specialty. Take tequila…
Mexico Revisited. What is it like to go back?
Sometimes life has a very sweet symmetry. This weekend I travel to Mexico, to stand [...]
A Bit of Bequia Beauty
The view from where I’m sitting involves a stack of post-it notes, papers and files. Through the window, a limp and lifeless cloud suffocates the air, not shifting, not darkening. Nothing.
So instead…
One Hundred and Sixty Eight Hours Later
Barcelona’s beachfront reveals what a difference a week can make…
What Are Pierogi? Platefuls of Polish Perfection
Alright, there’s a chance I’ve gone overboard with the Ps in that headline. Yet ever since I wrote
The Eye of the Ibis – Inside a Bird Sanctuary
Birds. With one stretch of their wings they can soar and glide through the sky with a majesty and freedom that man (and woman) can still only dream of. They are majestic, magnificent and make driving home for Christmas seem insignificant when compared to their staggering migratory paths.
They also freak me out…
Things I Am Not Good At
There are some things in life that I’m not very good at. Many, actually, but some of them are more obvious
Street Art in Prague: The John Lennon Wall
Who needs cobbled streets and medieval mysteries when you can have psychedelic colours, wonky lines and hearts full of passion?
Churros and Chocolate – A Spanish Antidote for a Spanish Anecdote
People never believe me, but it’s not always sunny in Spain. Even in Seville, Europe’s hottest city, winters are COLD, COLD, COLD. Well, OK, probably only the one “cold” would have done…
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